Warden Construction Limited
Registered name: WARDEN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Warden Construction Group Limited groupWarden Construction Limited made £30.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Warden Construction Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £30.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.4m profit and 86 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Warden Construction Group Limited, a company incorporated in Great Britain, which owns 100% of the issued share capital of Warden”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £20.7m | £26.7m | £30.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.7m | £16.9m | £22.3m | £25.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £591k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £727k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £684k | £931k | £914k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £684k | £931k | £914k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 74 | 79 | 86 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 4.5% | 3.4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 18.6% | 16.7% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £316k | £280k | £339k | £356k |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £12.6k | £11.6k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1% | ▲29.1% | ▲14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▼1.8% | ▲48.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲6.8% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £4.2m | £4.8m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4.1m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m | £997k | £987k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £11.9m | £10.4m | £14.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.2m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.9m | £3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £356k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲41%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £3.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £987k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Warden Construction Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Warden Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Warden Builders LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warden Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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